The Core Four

Centuries ago, four heroes rose against a power that should never have existed.

They failed to destroy him.
So they cursed the future instead.

When the dark alchemist and sorcerer, Lurtol was finally subdued, he was not killed-but sealed in a deathlike sleep. And with that mercy came a terrible price: each of the four bound their bloodlines to fate itself. When Lurtol awakens, their youngest living descendants will inherit their powers, their burdens... and their war.

Gaby, an ordinary girl with an unexplainable connection to forgotten magic, is the first to feel the shift. Drawn toward secrets older than time itself, she soon realizes she is not alone. Somewhere out there are three others-strangers whose lives are quietly unraveling in the same impossible ways.

As unseen forces begin to move and an ancient power stirs, the four are pulled toward one another by fate, prophecy, and a truth that could reshape their world forever.

What they inherit was never meant to be given.
What is awakening was never meant to return.
And the choices they make may decide the future of more than just their own lives.